Argentina couldn't find answers for Doncic: 'A player like him comes out once every 30-50 years' / News - Basketnews.com

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Argentina's heavy loss to Slovenia spoiled Luis Scola's return to the Olympic Games as he was playing in his fifth summer classic with his national team.

Player of the Game EFF 46 Luka Doncic Points 48 Accuracy 18-29 Rebounds 11 Assists 5

"They played a very good game and we played badly. Up until three hours ago, I was very excited, but you know right now is not really a good time. We just lost an important game by a lot of points," said Scola, who led his team with 23 points.

"At the end of the day I enjoy the Olympics regardless if we win or lose ... just not today, not right now. They have a superlative player who comes out every 30, 40, 50 years and we suffered from it," a 41-year-old veteran admitted. ”They deserved the win by such a big margin."

From his part, Facundo Campazzo stressed that Argentina "played to the rhythm of Luka Doncic. Whatever we tried, he found an answer. When we put even more pressure on him, he got his teammates involved. We will be better in the next games."

"It is difficult to analyze a match dominated by one player - Luka Doncic. We tried to stop him, cut him off from the ball and also from the team because we knew he would score his points. But he knew how to respond to each of our defenses. He scored 15 points in a few minutes, we changed the defense, we changed players, but we didn't succeed," said Argentina's head coach Sergio Hernandez. "He forced us not to play our game. In the analysis, I can only say - Luka Doncic is the best basketball player in the world."

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